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Rutland, Vermont, 1,939 students in 6 schools

Rutland City Supervisory District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rutland, measured against Rutland's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rutland close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Rutland.
The Rutland playbook

How Rutland calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6:00 a.m.

“The decision to close schools will be made by 6:00 a.m.”
Source

How families hear

By local TV, radio and phone call.

“In the event it is necessary to close school for the day, due to inclement weather or other emergency reasons, listen to local TV and/or radio stations. Families will also be notified of school closings via the district’s Alertnow Phone Messaging System.”
Rutland High School Student Handbook 2026-27 (School Cancellation)

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“SCHOOL DELAY – TWO HOURS For occasions when it is necessary to delay the opening of school, we will implement an abbreviated day schedule.”
Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Made up at the end of the year, after the tentative June 11, 2027 last day.

“Cancelled school days will be made up at the end of the year.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
  • Last day June 11, 2027
District calendar

Read from Rutland’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is rutlandcitypublicschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Rutland’s snow record

75.6inches of snow a winter
9.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3with 4 in or more
4.9 ina big snow morning in Rutland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
10.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
5.3Nov
15.5Dec
18.9Jan
18.7Feb
14.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 15.1 in on March 15, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 106.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 14.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Vermont rule

How Vermont counts a lost day

Vermont requires at least 175 student attendance days a year, with the school board setting the length of the day. A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.

The Vermont rules in the agency’s own words, and every Vermont district

Next door

Districts near Rutland

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Greater Rutland County Supervisory UnionRutland75.6 in3
Slate Valley Unified Union School DistrictFair Haven57.8 in2.9
Rutland Northeast Supervisory UnionBrandon82.4 in4.9
Mountain Views Supervisory UnionWoodstock70.2 in3.8
White River Valley Supervisory UnionRoyalton70.2 in3.8
Addison Central Supervisory DistrictMiddlebury61.5 in2.8
The schools

6 schools

Every school in Rutland follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Rutland Senior High School
  • Stafford Technical Center

Middle

  • Rutland Middle School

Elementary

  • Rutland Intermediate School
  • Northeast Primary School
  • Northwest Primary School
Questions

Rutland snow day questions

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.